01x08 - All About Ava

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- Hiya, dork!
- [STUDIO AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]

You know I hate that, Joey.

Don't scramble her brain, Joey.

That's my job.

And, uh, I don't want
to spoil it for you,

but the zebra did it.

Actually, the zyzzyva did.

They're a genus of tropical weevils

native to South America.

- Who's the dork now, sis?
- [STUDIO AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]

[KEY CLACKS]

Wow.

I'd repressed how goofy-looking
I was in the '90s.

"Was"?

How old were you, anyway?



"All About Ava!" was
my first real job in Hollywood.

Ava played my big sister
on the show... and in real life.

She showed me the ropes.

I can't believe she's gone.

How long has it been
since you've seen her?

[SIGHS] Too long.

We'd lose touch, and then we'd
run into each other and catch up

and then drift apart again.

Some fans are having an impromptu
memorial at her crash site today.

I'm thinking of going.

You want some company?

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Hey. Sam, someone's here to see you.

Uh, Galen Eckhart?

Galen?

That's Ava's husband.

Galen? You heard?

Yeah.

I'm... I'm so sorry.

- Eddie.
- Hey.

Sam, I have to know.

Why did Ava call you
just before the accident?

What are you talking about?

Police recovered her phone.

You were the last call she made

right before she went off the road.

That can't be right.
We haven't talked in ages.

I don't have a missed call from her.



That's my old number.

Why would she call me?

Sam, I think she was in trouble.

Her death... I don't think
it was an accident.

♪

Six weeks ago,
I went to Europe on business.

When I left, everything was fine.

And then, she became
distant on the phone.

I-I mean, I knew something was wrong,

but she wouldn't say what it was.

I started checking the security
cameras at the house.

And you saw something?

It's more about what I didn't see.

Her car was gone
in the middle of the night

a-a few times a week.

Did you ask her about it?

I didn't know what to say.

I thought maybe she was having an affair,

so I cut the trip short and I came home.

But while I was gone...

she'd changed.

It's like she was a different person.

She was jittery and anxious.

She stopped coming to bed.

Once, in the middle
of the night, I overheard her

talking to somebody
about someplace called,

uh, The Maze.

The Maze? What Maze?

I don't know. I-I tried
to talk to her about it,

and... and she brushed me off.

It's like we were strangers.

And then, the other night, I woke up,

and I found her
in the living room, crying.

I didn't know what to do.

So I held her...

and I just told her that I loved her.

And, uh, she said that she was sorry

and that it would all be over soon

and she would tell me everything.

Sam, she knew you were a P.I.

I think that's why she called you...

because she needed help.

I'm asking you to help her now.

I need to know what happened.

♪

I promise we'll do everything we can.

Thank you... both.

[DOOR OPENS]

The person he was describing...

- that's not the Ava I knew.
- [DOOR CLOSES]

She was one of the kindest,
most grounded people

you'd ever meet.

What could make somebody
change like that?

Well, if it was an affair, it
sounds like it went very wrong.

Hey, Berto, follow up with Ava's husband.

Go through her laptop,
her phone, her bank information.

See if there's anything
she did in the last six weeks

that stands out...
anything that relates to a Maze.

Also, check the police report
on that accident, too.

- On it.
- [PEN CLICKS]

So, where do we start?

By looking at the crash site.

♪

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

Quite the turnout for someone
who left the spotlight

over 20 years ago.

Her fans still love her
after all these years.

[EXHALES]

♪

Hiya, Dork.

[GROANS]

Still hate that. [CHUCKLES]

- Hey.
- Hey.

[CHUCKLES]

Oh, UH, Eddie Valetik,
this is Corey Holman.

Corey played Ava's
on-and-off boyfriend, Joey...

who little sister Melody...
AKA me... had a huge crush on.

Oh, yeah, yeah. Weren't you, uh...

You were also that douchey
lawyer on "California Law"

everyone was sleeping with.

Yeah. Typecasting. [CHUCKLES]

Wow.

The g*ng's all here.

That's Tiffany and Russ.

They played the twins
who lived next door.

Oh, my God. Is that little Chucky Gilroy?

Talking to Joan and Bernie?

I should go say hi. Yeah,

Chucky played Corey's
little brother on the show.

Joan and Bernie were my TV parents.

What about your real parents?

They were up in San Francisco,

hoping that this acting thing
was just a phase

and that I'd get tired of it. [CHUCKLES]

Sam?

Cam!

I... I didn't expect to see you here.

I heard you went through a rough patch.

I think everyone heard.

You look good.
That's all that matters, right?

Uh, Cam Adams,
executive producer, creator,

"All About Ava!"
and "The Witch Next Door."

Eddie Valetik.

Friend.

Oh, wow. Molly's here?

Yeah, I d... I don't know
why I ever thought

that she could replace Ava.

Nobody could.

What'd he mean by "replace Ava"?

After the first year, Ava left the show.

She kind of lost it.

She started drinking heavily,
got into drugs.

Sounds familiar.

You know, she was
the only one that called me

when I was in rehab.

Told me it'll all get better.

Anyway, Molly Vance is the actor
that they hired to replace her.

Without Ava, the show died a quick death.

Well, it was called "All About Ava!"

It was only on for two years?

- [CELLPHONE RINGS]
- Yeah, but it became a cult classic.

- Whatcha got, Berto?
- According to the police report,

the car didn't swap paint with anyone,

and there were no irregular impacts.

Everything was consistent
with a single-car crash.

All right, well, what else
did the report say?

Here you go.

♪

Well, I'm looking at Ava's tire marks.

Looks like she veered
off the road suddenly.

That's kind of strange
if nobody else was involved.

BERTO: Yeah, the cops saw that, too.

They called it a
"likely aberrant obstruction."

Cop talk for "We think
she saw a bunny in the road."

Yeah, well, let me guess... no witnesses?

Isolated road, no homes for miles,

no traffic-cam coverage.

Okay, thanks.

[CELLPHONE BEEPS]

[STUDIO AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]

Joey...

I know you're here.

You can't hide from me forever.

[STUDIO AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]

What's wrong?

- [KEY CLACKS]
- Did something happen?

Nope. [CLEARS THROAT]

♪

Fine.

I'm sad that Ava died.

I used to love the show.

Why?

In foster care, you take
your family how you can.

Even on TV.

Every episode, there were lessons

on how to treat people right

or how to stand up
for what you believe in.

I wasn't allowed to watch TV.

My parents thought
it would melt our brains.

Are you saying you've never
watched "All About Ava!"?

- Mm-hmm.
- Oh, my God!

You're so lucky.

You get to watch it
for the first time ever.

I'm cool.

You are decidedly not cool.

Not if you haven't watched the show.

It was about what it meant to be a
teenager at the turn of the century.

You're, like,
really close to me right now.

If you watch it and you hate it,
then you can judge me,

but not until then.

It's all up online.

You can use my account.

You're not gonna shut up
until I watch it, are you?

Nope. You're gonna love it.

[SIGHS]

[COMPUTER BEEPS]

Huh.

- "Huh," what?
- It's about Ava.

I'm running a search
on her phone records.

And it says that
she called roadside assistance

three weeks ago at 3:37 a.m.

One of the nights that her
husband said that she was out.

So if you can find out
where that truck met her,

you might find out where she'd
been going all those nights.

Hello?

♪

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey, hey, hey!

Look, I just have
a few questions, is all.

I don't want any trouble.

I just want to know, did you...

did you happen to see a car
go off the road last night?

♪

So, he heard tires screech,
and he ran out just in time

to see Ava's car being forced
off the road by a dark sedan.

He climbed down to see if he could help,

but someone was already there,
rifling around inside her car.

He got close... they took off.

Could he tell who?

Just a figure. It was too dark.

Galen, we gave his report to the police.

They sent a second team to take a look,

and they found something.

It appears that her key ring

was forced open after the crash.

So whoever was rifling around in her car

most likely was after one of her keys.

These are the keys that they did find.

Can you tell if any are missing?

I... I don't think so.

Well, her driver's license was
also missing from her wallet.

- You have any idea why?
- No.

With this additional evidence,

the police believe that Ava was
intentionally run off the road.

They're reclassifying her death
as a homicide.

They'll be conducting an investigation.

But... you'll keep looking?

Right?

Well, I... if that's what you'd like.

They'd still think it was an
accident if it wasn't for you.

Galen, can you think of anyone

that might've wanted to hurt Ava?

No.

No one.

Everybody loved her.

We had the perfect life.

At least, I thought we did.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Give us a sec.

BERTO: That 3:00 a.m. call that Ava made

to roadside assistance three weeks ago?

Finally got a call back.

Said she called from this address,

way out in the valley.

[PAPER RUSTLES]

Are you sure this is the right spot?

This doesn't look like the kind of place

someone would come
to have a torrid affair.

Well, seems like the kind
of place you'd buy drugs.

Think it's possible she was using again?

We're more than an hour from her house.

If she was looking for drugs,

she could've found them
a lot closer to home.

Hey.

Wait.

It wasn't "the Maze."

It was "Lemaise."

This is where she was going.

[DOOR OPENS]

What is this place?

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

♪

WOMAN: They're gonna k*ll me!

[SCREAMS]

They're coming!

[SCREAMS]

They're coming!

Hide! Hide!

Hey! You shouldn't be here!
Get out of here now!

No! They're gonna k*ll me!

♪

Let her go!

Whoa! Easy.

Are you okay?

Mother isn't in there.

She's gone away.

What the hell's going on here?

It's all right. It's okay.

I should be asking you the same question.

What are you doing in my sleep clinic?

A sleep clinic?

That's right... for night terrors.

But y-you're not here
for a consultation, are you?

No. We're here about Ava... Ava Day.

Yeah, I heard about the accident.

Terrible.

It wasn't an accident.

She was intentionally run off the road.

She came to me several weeks back.

She'd been having nightmares...
vivid, recurring, acute.

What were they about?

They were about a figure...

a man with spider-web eyes.

Oh, that's creepy.

She'd been dreaming about him for years,

but recently, it'd gotten worse.

He was terrorizing her every night.

No wonder she couldn't sleep.

- Did she know what it was?
- No.

But as our sessions progressed,

I began to believe
that the figure was a...

a fragment of a repressed memory.

A memory of what?

That's what we were trying to figure out.

And I believe we're making progress.

Under hypnotic suggestion,

she appeared to have a breakthrough.

What, she remembered something?

And whatever it was scared her.

When I brought her out of hypnosis,

she wouldn't talk about it.

She insisted on leaving immediately,

even though she was too sedated to drive.

And that was the last time I saw her.

And when was this?

About a week ago.

And through all this, she never mentioned

anyone in her waking life
she was having trouble with,

anyone that might've
scared her like that?

No.

You said she was too sedated to drive.
How did she get home?

She called a friend to pick her up.

- You remember who?
- I didn't get a good look.

But he was driving a classic car...

an old gray Chevelle.

♪

SAM: Whatever this memory was,

it must have something
to do with Ava's death.

We have to figure out what this means.

You know that car the doctor
was talking about, the Chevelle?

I saw it at the accident site.

Wait... this is a Chevelle?

Yeah. Why?

I know whose car this is.

It's Corey Holman's car.
It's like his signature.

The noogie guy?
The guy you had a crush on?

The guy my character had a crush on.

Were he and Ava close?

Very. They dated back in the day.

You think if Ava remembered something,

she might've told Corey?

[STUDIO AUDIENCE "OOHS"]

Joey.

[STUDIO AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]

Why are you dressed like that?

Because I'm awesome.

I'm going as baby New Year.

But it's the winter formal.

That's why the diaper has a bow tie.

[STUDIO AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]

[CHUCKLES]

I'm sorry. I love this episode.

- [KEY CLACKS]
- Why?

The dialogue is obvious,

the characters are one-dimensional,

and the plot lines are ridiculous.

Come on. You don't even like it a little?

It's objectively not good.

My personal opinion doesn't factor in.

- [DOOR OPENS]
- EDDIE: Hey, Berto.

- [DOOR CLOSES]
- Just give it a few more episodes.

You'll see.

- Where's Sam?
- She's meeting with Corey.

You said you found something?

Yeah.

Check this out.

The day after Ava left the sleep clinic,

there's a charge on her card

from a gas station in West Covina.

I checked with her husband.

The only thing that's there
is an old storage unit

filled with crap from her folks' house.

- Why would she go there?
- Don't know.

But her husband says
she hasn't been there in years.

Later that day, she was back
in town, at Angel City Bank.

Uh, look at this charge on her account.

- $45?
- I called over.

The only product that costs
exactly that much

is a one-year rental
of a safe-deposit box.

♪

She rented a safe-deposit box

right after visiting her storage unit.

You know what that means.

She was moving something
from that storage unit

and putting it someplace safe.

And the timing... it has to be related

to whatever she remembered
at the sleep clinic.

And what do you need
to get into a safe-deposit box?

Keys.

The key the k*ller took
from Ava's key ring.

T-They must be after what's in the box.

Look, talk to Corey.
Find out what he knows.

I'm gonna meet Ava's husband at the bank.

What's in that box
could be the key to everything.

- [DOOR OPENS]
- Okay.

[CELLPHONE BEEPS]

♪

Hey. Thanks for meeting me.

Of course.

[SIGHS]

How you holding up?

I should be asking you that.

You were closer to her than I was.

She was my first true love.

That's why I know you'll help me.

What do you mean?

What happened wasn't an accident.

There's evidence that suggests
someone wanted her dead.

I think you might know why.

Me? Well, how the hell would I know?

I know that you picked her up
at a strip mall

in the middle of the night.

You know about that.

Yeah. Was there something
going on between you two?

No... nothing. We were just old friends.

Corey, come on.

It's me. We've known each other forever.

If something was going on...

No, Sam, really. All right?

She called me out of the blue one night,

said she needed a ride home...
no questions asked.

When I went there to
pick her up, she was out of it,

like she was stoned or something.

I figured she'd just fallen off the wagon

and didn't want anyone to know.

- Well, what did she say?
- Nothing.

I could tell she was upset,

but whatever it was, she didn't say.

The whole thing was super weird.

Did you speak to her after that?

I tried, but she said she had
to go see a friend up in Ojai

and she'd call when she got back.

She never called. [CHUCKLES]

I should've pushed harder.

I knew something was wrong.

Who knew she'd go flying off a cliff?

♪

Gentlemen.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

You really think the answer's inside?

We'll know in a moment.

♪

It's e... It's empty.

You sure this is the right box?

Quite sure.

Maybe she came back and emptied it out.

Do you keep track of who accesses these?

According to the logs...

only Ms. Day.

She accessed the box once last week,

the day she rented it,
and then again yesterday.

Yesterday?

Ava was dead yesterday.

I'm gonna need to see
all your security footage.

According to the logs,

the safe-deposit box was
accessed at 2:37 p.m.

All right, well, start at 2:30
and then scroll forward.

Whoever accessed that box
would've come in around then.

Wait! Back it up.

♪

Eddie... that's Ava.

♪

This is impossible. Ava's dead.

She is, right? I mean, unless
she faked her death somehow.

She didn't. Galen ID'd her body,
and they ran her fingerprints.

Hey, Berto, can you pull up
another angle on her?

Uh, let me see what I got here.

Hold on.

That's not Ava.

Wow, the resemblance...

That's crazy.

So she impersonated Ava to break
in to that safe-deposit box?

And possibly ran Ava
off the road to get the key.

What do you think Ava had in the box?

Something worth k*lling for.

Whatever it is must've come
from her storage unit, right?

I'll check it out, and I can see if I can

figure out what she took from there.

I'll go, too.
This could shed light on her.

Storage units are like a
microcosm of a person's psyche.

Mine's very orderly,
in case you were wondering.

Cool. The drive will give us a chance
to talk about "All About Ava!"

Or we can just sit in silence.

What is it?

She just looks so familiar.

Well, yeah. I mean, she looks like Ava.

No, it's not just that.

I think I've seen this woman before.

Ava had all these stand-ins
and stunt doubles on the show,

and a few years ago,
I ran into one of them,

and I had a full-on
five-minute conversation

before I realized that it wasn't Ava.

And, yeah, I was a little
under the influence at the time,

but still.

This could be one of her doubles
from the show.

You still have the contact info
for the cast and the crew?

Not anymore.

But I know who would.

Whoa.

- This is awesome.
- [SWITCH CLICKS]

It's like an "All About Ava!"
museum in here.

And a study of
mental compartmentalization.

What do you mean?

Ava literally put
this part of her past in a box

and locked it away.

The question is "Why?"

Maybe she didn't have
enough closet space.

I sense a deeper meaning.

Oh, hey.

That's the dress Ava's character
made Melody for her first date.

Hold on.

You've been watching the show.

I may have had it on.

In the background.

To create white noise.

[LAUGHS]

Uh-huh.

So, the fact that
I'm holding the snow globe

that Corey got Ava
from their trip to New York,

that means nothing to you?

Less than nothing.

[GASPS]

[LAUGHS]

I rest my case.

You do like the show.

I just didn't want you
to destroy Ava's property.

Mm.

So, how do we find out what she took?

Um... we look for boxes

where the dust has been disturbed.

Or, if I'm right
and this is basically a vault

where Ava stored
her "All About Ava!" past,

she'd keep her deepest secrets
in the most sacred place.

Like...

in here.

♪

It's locked.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

Not for long.

♪

So much for my theory.

It's just scripts from the show.

I'm not so sure.

Look at that.

Whoa. Is that blood?

EDDIE: You recognize her?

You think this woman k*lled Ava?

Well, we can't be sure,

but we think she could've been
one of her stand-ins.

She definitely could've been.
She's practically Ava's twin.

But no, she wasn't one of ours.

It's been 20 years. Are you sure?

Positive. Ava had three doubles.

Claire lives in India,

um, Juliet has a scar over her eye,

and, uh, Sophie...

well, Sophie
put on a little weight, so...

I-I'm sorry.

This woman never worked
on "All About Ava!"

When was the last time you talked to Ava?

Uh, it's been a while.

Oh.

Cam, we have her phone records.

We know you two talked.

What about?

N-Nothing special.

Uh, uh, just, uh, catching up.

Six calls in the last month.

So, on average, you and Ava were
catching up every five days?

Mr. Adams, you could lie to us,

but good luck trying that with the LAPD.

The truth is that Ava and I discussed...

a revival of the show.

There's a reboot?

You're making a reboot?
I didn't hear about that.

Sam, look, don't take it personally.

It's just...
"All About Ava!" is family TV.

It's something fans
can watch with their kids,

and with you fresh out of rehab,
well, it's just not...

the right image for the show.

So, who is coming back?

♪

Everyone.

Well, not Ava.

Right... Ava's dead.

No, no, no, no, no. I-I didn't mean that.

E-Even before she passed...

she passed.

Ava didn't want to be in the reboot.

I was holding out hope
that she'd change her mind.

Oh, Sam, I'm sorry.
I-I-I should've told you.

♪

They all kept it from me.

They probably didn't want
to hurt your feelings.

You mean the has-beens
didn't want to tell me

that I was the biggest
has-been of them all?

That I'm beyond over?

[CELLPHONE RINGS]

[SIGHS]

Berto, what's up?

BERTO: Mick said the stains on
the paper are definitely blood.

Can you, uh, run the DNA?

He's gonna try, but the samples
might be too degraded.

In the meantime, we found
something else in that box.

A file full of stalkers and obsessed fans

from back when Ava was on the show.

Do we really think one of these people

would go after her 20 years later?

We think she might.

That's her.
That's the woman from the bank.

Only, she was wearing a blond wig.

- EDDIE: Who is she?
- Pam Joyner.

Busted for B&E, drugs...

mostly low-level stuff... 'til now.


pretending to be Ava

and sneaking on the lot
where the show was taping.

Where can we find her?

♪

[VEHICLE DOORS CLOSE]

♪

Pam Joyner?

♪

Hey! Wait!

Hold up a sec!

♪

♪

I'm sorry. I thought you were Ava Day.

♪

You're not cops. You can't do this.

Well, actually, we can.

See, Section 837 of the Penal Code

allows for a citizen's arrest

when a felony has been committed.

- What felony?
- Impersonating Ava,

breaking into a safe-deposit box...

- that's called fraud.
- What are you talking about?

I didn't have anything to do with that.

Is that right?

Then, uh, explain this picture.

♪

Look, when I got up in the morning,

someone had slipped
an envelope under my door.

Inside envelope was
Ava's driver's license, a key,

and a note with directions
on clearing out the box.

I see. And you thought
it'd be a good idea

to just follow those directions?

There was 2 grand in the envelope,

with 2 more upon delivery.

So, what was in the box?

Nothing. A pair of busted-up glasses.

Glasses? What kind?

Big black frames, like Buddy Holly wore.

Wait. Was there blood on them?

I saw brown spots.

Could've been dried blood, I guess.

Maybe the glasses got smashed
while someone was wearing them.

Both lenses were cracked. Spider-webbed.

♪

EDDIE: The man with the spider-web eyes.

Ava's nightmares,
her repressed memories...

they were about the person
wearing those glasses.

Yeah, but who is he? It's hard
to tell what he even looks like.

[SIGHS]
- I don't think Ava knew

when she drew this.

That's because she hadn't
recovered her memory yet.

It was still just a dream.

Repressed memories are
usually of traumatic events.

The blood, the glasses all point
to some kind of accident.

Or an act of violence.

The glasses could be evidence of a crime.

It'd explain Ava stashing them
in a safe-deposit box.

Ava wouldn't be involved in a crime.

What about during "All About Ava!"?

Did anything bad happen back then?

No. Why would you ask that?

The glasses were in her storage unit.

Everything there was from the show.

Well, we'll look into crimes
from that timeframe,

see if any of them connect to Ava.

♪

Hey, Berto, did the lab get a DNA match

on the bloodstain from the storage space?

Not exactly.

So... no?

No, I mean they didn't
get an exact match.

But they did get a familial match
with someone in the system.

So whoever's blood was on that paper

is maybe the nephew or cousin
of this guy.

Raymond Lew... arrested
for aggravated as*ault in 2010.

And released in 2012.

Wait. Look at this.

According to his probation report,

he worked at the Maricopa Grille in Ojai.

That's where Corey said Ava was going...

right after she recovered her memory.

That could be a coincidence.

But I'm betting it isn't.

♪

Places like this are like
the after-school hangouts

I used to imagine
normal teenagers went to.

Yeah, my buddies and I were
more mall rats than soda shop.

Oh, yeah? You still know
any of those people?

Some of my best.

- [BELL DINGS]
- It's good to have those people

who know where you came from.

Afternoon, folks. What can I get you?

Some information?

Have you seen this woman?

Ava. Sure.

She was getting to be quite the regular

these last couple of weeks.

Do you know why she came here?

The pie, I guess. [CHUCKLES]

She kept to herself.

She'd sit at that table over there,

never said a word... except to order.

Does a Raymond Lew work here, by chance?

[SCOFFS] Ray? No.

He left last year

to work the oil fields up in Prudhoe Bay.

So Ava didn't know him?

I think I would've heard if she did.

He's my brother-in-law.

Honestly, not worth knowing.

♪

So, if, um...
if he's your brother-in-law,

then who would that be?

My son, Matt.

He passed.

A hit-and-run.

[HUSHED] The glasses.

[CLEARS THROAT]

I'm sorry.

When did he die?

August 7th, it'd be 20 years.

♪

Excuse me.

♪

[DOOR CLOSES]

Uh, thank you for your time.

♪

Sam?

[SIGHS]

August 7th, 20 years ago,

when her son was k*lled
in that hit-and-run...

What about it?

That was the night
of the show's wrap party.

Ava got so drunk.

She kind of spun out after that
and quit the show,

and I never knew why, but now I do.

The glasses, the repressed memory,

her coming to this diner...

Eddie, I think Ava k*lled that kid.

If Ava did k*ll that kid,
how does recovering that memory

lead to her being run off the road?

Maybe once Ava remembered, she confessed,

and then the kid's family came after her.

And hired Pam
to raid her safe-deposit box?

Yeah, that doesn't really
add up, does it?

- You know what would make sense?
- Huh?

Did you see Ava drive away
from the party that night?

I was too busy following Corey
around like a puppy.

Well, then, she could've
left with someone.

So maybe Ava was the passenger.

Maybe Ava witnessed the hit-and-run.

And then blanked out the whole
experience... traumatic amnesia.

And then talk of the reboot
started bringing it back,

and she remembered she kept the glasses.

Evidence of the hit-and-run.

That's why the k*ller
wanted them so badly.

So whoever was driving that night...

Is our k*ller.

Hey, were there pictures taken
at the wrap party?

Are you kidding?
The paparazzi was out in force.

I had to dig pretty deep,

but I found some photos from that night.

[CHUCKLES]

EDDIE: Wait. Uh, who's that with Ava?

That's Molly.

Molly? I-I thought
she came on after Ava left.

Here's an "All About Ava!" fun fact...

Molly was a guest star
in the first season,

but then, when Ava left,
they beefed up her role.

She really campaigned for that part.

She hasn't been in much lately.

Well, then again, neither have I.

Well, wait a second.

They left together,
and Molly was driving.

Which means Molly had motive

to get rid of the only witness
to Matt Lew's death.

We need to talk to her.

It's better if I go alone.

Maybe she'll let her guard down
if it's just me.

It's so nice to see you
after all these years,

without any of that old baggage.

I thought you hated me.

No one hated you, Molly.

We were just kids, you know?

Hey, do you remember the wrap party

at the end of first season?

Mnh. [CHUCKLES] Barely.

That was so many Chardonnays ago.

[CHUCKLES]

Well, maybe, um...

this could help bring it back.

You and Ava looked so adorable.

Oh, my God!

Would you look at that ponytail?

What was I thinking?

[CHUCKLING] Yeah.

Do you remember what happened after that?

What do you mean?

Like, where did you go? What did you do?

Why do you want to know about that now?

I was a 13-year-old nerd.

I just felt so left out
of all the stuff you guys did.

I just thought you were so cool.

Well...

I can't believe
I can remember this, but...

Ava and I went to this after-party...

this big house in the Hills.

It was a friend of Corey's, I think.

I heard there was an accident.

What kind of accident?

Car crash.

There was?

Oh, I was... too drunk to drive.

If you didn't leave with Ava, who did?

Oh, no idea.

Besides, it was like 20 years ago.

Sometimes I can't remember
what I did last week.

So you never heard
of anyone from the show

having a car accident that night?

I just told you I didn't.

Why are you grilling me?

Something happened that night

that might have to do with Ava's death.

I'm just trying to put the pieces...

I feel so stupid.

I actually thought
you wanted to hang out with me.

But no. You just wanted
to interrogate me.

I should've known better.

No.

Molly, please.

Do you at least remember someone

getting their car fixed
or getting a new car?

You don't remember?

That was around the time

that Corey got that stupid-a*s Chevelle.

Happy?

♪

EDDIE: Well, Berto just confirmed it.

Corey bought his Chevelle
one week after the wrap party.

And not only that, he junked his old car

even though it was worth $15k.

Because he crashed it and
he didn't want anyone to know.

[XZIBIT'S "FOREVER YOU WON'T" PLAYING]

Look, I'm sorry, Sam.
I know you care about him.

- ♪ Get down with the movement
- Corey?

♪ Operation Hutch

♪ The family structure has
broken all the way down ♪

SAM: Corey?!

♪ Watchin' CNN like
"Apocalypse Now!" when it's on ♪

♪ See, I can break it down
like whatever you want... ♪

[MUSIC STOPS]

Sam! Over here!

♪

Call 911.

♪

Uh, so, we managed
to track down some people

who attended the after-party.

They remember Ava leaving in Corey's car.

I'm trying to make this all fit
with the boy I knew.

What was he like back then?

He was cute, smart, talented.

♪

[SIGHS] He could talk to anyone.

Hm.

Yeah, my best friend
in high school was that guy.

Jack Bolton. I wanted to be him.

Everybody loved him.

You should've seen him
on the football field.

I mean, I was pretty good,

but this guy was on a whole nother level.

He got a full ride to UCLA.

Where is he now?

I ended up losing touch,
but about 10 years ago,

I was working a drug sweep
in Pershing Square,

and I grabbed a guy who'd
just bought a vial of rock,

and it was Jack.

He was 120 pounds. His clothes
were just hanging off his body.

I... could barely recognize him.

Jack was staring at me.

It was, I think, the first time
he realized I was even a cop.

You know what he said?

"Man. You sure have changed."

♪

I guess it happens to us all.

♪

He's awake.

♪

It's all gonna come out now.

I couldn't face that.

You lied to me, Corey.

You knew what was going on with Ava.

We took a vow to never tell.

And it destroyed her.

Take me back to the night

that you and Ava left that after-party.

I think you know what happened.

I need to hear it from you.

We were driving... way past drunk.

And there was this thud.

It was a kid.

We tried to help him, but he was gone.

Why didn't you call the police?

Ava wanted to.

But we were just so scared
of what would happen.

And she freaked out
and blocked the memory.

For the longest time, I thought she
just didn't want to talk about it.

And when you saw her last week,
she wanted to come forward.

I told her it would ruin our lives.

What good would come of it?

Wouldn't bring the kid back.

His name was Matt Lew.

We were able to track his DNA
from the blood on his glasses.

Those glasses.

I handed them to Ava

when I was trying to give him CPR.

She locked them away,

like she did her memory of that night.

The night Ava died...

Corey, please tell me

that you just drove after her
to talk to her

and you didn't mean
to run her off the road.

Wait.

You think that was me?

That wasn't me. I would never...

Corey, you just admitted
to the hit-and-run.

Yeah... I was in the car
that night with Ava,

but we were wasted.

Someone else was driving.

Who?

♪

CAM: For the press-release photo,

I want principal cast on the couch,

with Corey here, Molly here,
and Chucky right there.

Sam.

W-what are you doing here?

You rebuilt the whole set.
It looks exactly the same.

W-W-We talked about this, Sam.

You know my hands are tied.

You can't be a part of the reboot.

Neither can you.

And your hands aren't as much tied

as they're gonna be cuffed.

I don't understand.
W-What are you talking about?

The hit-and-run,
Corey told us everything...

how you told him to
keep his mouth shut back then.

You threatened him.

Corey's a troubled man.

I don't know what he told you, but
you can't believe anything he says.

Well, the police did.

He's cooperating fully.

They ex*cuted a search warrant
at your house.

You know what they found?

The glasses that Ava had
in her safe-deposit box...

the ones that Matt Lew was wearing
the night you k*lled him.

Ava came to you. She told you
she wanted to go public.

But you couldn't have that.

- So you followed her home.
- That's... ridiculous.

You're gonna have to leave,
or I'm calling security.

Oh, don't bother. We did that already.

Boys?

♪

How could you, Cam? We were just kids.

You were supposed to look after us.

[HANDCUFFS CLICK]

You were supposed to know better.

♪

EDDIE: I know it's not much consolation,

but 'cause of Ava,

Cam Adams will finally pay
for what he did.

It does help... knowing the truth,

knowing that Ava was trying
to set things right

after all those years.

Thank you... both.

[SIGHS]

♪

What?

Good work.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

[CELLPHONE CHIMES]

Not good for everyone.

It's Molly, asking me
to meet her back at the studio.

What do you think she wants?

[SIGHS] To tell me I ruined her life?

Taking down Cam k*lled the reboot.

The whole cast is probably
gonna hate me for this.

You don't have to go.

No.

If Ava taught me anything,

it's that you have to face your demons.

♪

Hey, Sam. Thanks for coming.

This is about the reboot.

Yeah.

Molly, I am so, so sorry.

For what?

For k*lling the show.

I know this was a big deal
for you... for everyone.

You didn't hear?

♪

♪

You ever tell anyone I did this,
you're a dead man.

♪

[STUDIO AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]

Ava, did you lock Cindy Chenausky

in the janitor's closet?

[STUDIO AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]

Uh...

maybe?

But you're gonna get in trouble!

I know! But it's worth it.

I saw what she did, Melody.

She was picking on you.

And I wasn't gonna let her
get away with that.

You stood up for me?

I... I thought
you didn't like me very much.

You're my sister.

I have to like you.

[STUDIO AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]

I will always stand up for you.

We're family,
and that's what families do.

And I know that if, one day,
I am ever being picked on,

you'll stand up for me.

[STUDIO AUDIENCE "AWWS"]

[STUDIO AUDIENCE CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

EDDIE: Well, looks like
you lived up to that promise.

[CHUCKLES]

I thought you went home.

Oh. Yeah. Well, forgot my phone.

So, how'd it go with Molly? She pissed?

No, actually.

Apparently, the reboot is back on,

and they asked me to be in it. [CHUCKLES]

Wow.

Congratulations. That's great.

[CHUCKLES]

I turned it down.

Why?

As much as I want to act again,

I feel like doing the reboot
would be moving backwards.

Joey, Ava, Melody...
they were my old family.

Right now, I kind of like
the new family I have here.

♪

It was nice to be asked, though.

I did agree to do a cameo
in the first episode.

They're dedicating it to Ava.

That's nice.

Well, come on. I'll, um...

I'll give you a ride home...

dork.

Do not call me that.

- "Dork"?
- I'm serious!

- Oh, dork.
- Eddie.

- It really bothers you that much?
- Eddie!

- "Dork"? Why does that bother you?
- No, see, I can say it.

- You are kind of dorky. Right, dork?
- No. You can't say it.

- Ah, dork.
- [LAUGHING] No, stop! Eddie! Stop!